Just a quesion: Are sephiroth and I the only ones that are taking part in this Fanfic Thread? 'Cause it would be fun if a lot more people would write stories as well

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The Legendary Duelist
Chapter 17 ~ Team Duel

Arthur was looking at the face of a boy with brown hairs and brown eyes. He wore a light-blue shirt with a black waisthcoat over, together with blue jeans. "Who are you?" And what are you doing here?" Arthur stood up and wiped all the dust off of his jacket. "I am Arthur and this is Julia." Lincoln looked at them. "And what brings you two here at this hour?" Arthur knew that he could better tell him the thruth. "Julia's parents have been kidnapped by Verthon. We decided to go and find them." Julia looked at him with a face that was asking: Did you really have to tell them that? "So you're also tracking down Verthon?" "Well, from a certain point of view, we are." Lincoln thought for a minute. "Then why have you been hiding there, if I may ask?" "Well, you see, we didn't expect to meet anyone at this hour, so when we heard someone talking, we went to the source of that sound. That led us to here and then we saw you two dueling. And admit it yourself, interrupting a duel between two total strangers is never a good thing."

"You've got a point there. I've got an idea. Why don't we duel, Varick and I against you and Julia? How does that sound?"

Arthur turned his face to Julia. "Do you think it's alright?" "Sure," she answered. "I couldn't think of a better beginning of our journey. Let's do it." Arthur nodded. "We accept your challenge, Lincoln. Bring it on." A smile appeared on Lincoln's face. "We're ready when you are," he said.

Arthur and Julia walked towards Varick, introduced themselves and then walked to the other side. They put on their Duel Disks, as did Lincoln and Varick. "Let's start this duel!"

"I'll open up with a monster in defense mode and a face-down card," said Arthur.

Julia also drew a card. "I play the Spell Card, Graceful Charity. I can now draw 3 cards if I discard 2 cards afterwards." She drew three more cards and after some thinking, she discarded two. "Then, I summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode and I'll put one card face-down. Finally, I'll destroy Lincoln's face-down card with Stamping Destruction!" A giant foot of a dragon came out of the air and crushed Lincoln's card. He lost 500 Life Points as well."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 4000 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 4000

"I'm up," said Varick. "And I'll open with a monster in defense mode. That's it."

Arthur was next. "Well, the attacks can begin. I offer my face-down monster as a tribute to bring out Venus Fly-Trap (1700/2000). As long as he's out, I can destroy one face-up monster at each of my main phases. So there goes your Mad Dog of Darkness, Lincoln." Arthur's monster opened his huge mouth and ate the Mad Dog. "Now, attack Varick's face-down monster!" The plant grew till it was long enough to bite Varick's monster. It appeared to be Apprentice Magician (400/800). "Thank you, Arthur. Now I can summon one Spellcaster of Level 2 or lower from my deck in face-down defense mode. And I choose Old Vindictive Magician (450/600)." "Fine," said Arthur. "You're next, Lincoln."

"My draw! Cool. I summon Berserk Gorilla (2000/1000). Next, I'll play Poison Fangs, a Continuous Spell that inflicts 500 points of damage to a player that receives battle damage from one of my Beasts. Now, my Berserk Gorilla, destroy that Venus Fly-Trap!" Arthur's Trap couldn't stop this attack, however, Julia's could. "I activate my face-down card," she said, "Dark Spirit of the Silent. You'll now have to attack one monster on your own side of the field!" "But I have none," replied Lincoln. "Well, your partner does." Berserk Gorilla changed his direction and took down Varick's Old Vindictive Magician, which destroyed Venus Fly-Trap when it was flipped. "I play another card face-down, and that's it for now."

"Well, I guess I'm up next," said Julia. "I offer Spear Dragon as a tribute to bring out Luster Dragon #2 (2400/1400). Take down that Berserk Gorilla!" Luster Dragon #2 flew up in the air and dived towards Berserk Gorilla. However, Lincoln was well-prepared. "I activate my face-down card, Rush Recklessly. It increases the attack of a monster by 700 points, so now my Berserk Gorilla is stronger than your Luster Dragon #2!" Julia's dragon flew continued its attack on Berserk Gorilla, but it destroyed itself. Julia suffered 300 points of damage, but thanks to Poison Fangs, she received another 500 points of damage. "I'll end with one card face-down."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 3200 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 4000

"Nice one, Lincoln," said Varick. "Now it's my turn. I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (1900/1000) in attack mode. Breaker, use your counter to destroy Arthur's face-down card!" Breaker's sword launched a ray of light that headed for Arthur's face-down card. "Wait, I activate it as a chain. Go, Total Breakdown! For one turn, the effects of all Spells, Traps and monster on your field are negated, but your Breaker's effect will continue." The ray of light destroyed Arthur's card, but he had activated it anyway. "It doesn't matter. Breaker, attack Julia directly." Breaker ran towards Julia, but her face-down card couldn't safe her this time. She took the hit and lost 1600 Life Points. "Julia, are you alright?" asked Arthur. "Yeah, I'm fine."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 1600 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 4000

Arthur could make his move again. Both of his opponent's were undefended, which was good. "I activate my Spell Card, Roots from the Graveyard. It will summon a Plant monster from my Graveyard back to the field, so say hello to Venus Fly-Trap, guys." Again, the flesh-eating, green plant was projected on the field, ready to unleash its fury once again. "Take down that Berserk Gorilla with your effect!" The plant grew and ate Berserk Gorilla with great ease. "Next, I activate Bright Sun, which increases the attack of my Plants by 500 points. Venus Fly-Trap, go and attack Varick's Breaker!" The plant grew once more and ate Breaker as well, dealing 600 points of damage to Varick's Life Points. "I'll end this turn with one card face-down."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 1600 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 3400

"You will regret that, Arthur. I summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000). Then, I activate Wild Nature's Release to boost its attack to 2700! Now, strike down Venus Fly-Trap (2200/2000)!" "I'm sorry, Lincoln, but I have to ruin your great plan. I activate my face-down card, Vine Barrier. It destroys any monster that attacks one of my Plants, so there goes your Enraged Battle Ox!" Vines wrapped up the Enraged Battle Ox and made him choke. "How comes that you've got an answer to all of my moves?" asked Lincoln. "Coincidence, that's what I call it." Lincoln laughed. "You are just like me. I'll end my turn with a face-down."

"My move, and I summon Mirage Dragon (1600/600) in attack mode. It'll negate all Traps that are activated in the battle phase, so that my dragons can attack without fear. Now go, Mirage Dragon, and attack Varick with Miracle Grip!" The dragon flew in the air and shot itself at Varick. Since Lincoln was unable to respond to the attack, Varick lost 1600 Life Points. "You're next, Varick."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 1600 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 1800

He drew his card. "Perfect. I summon Blast Magician (1400/1700). But he won't be around a long time. I play Magical Dimension so that I can summon one of my favorite monsters, Dark Magician (2500/2100) by offering a Spellcaster. And then, I can destroy one monster on the field, so goodbye Venus Fly-Trap." The plant flew up in the air and a glazed box appeared around it. After a couple of beams had appeared in the box, Venus Fly-Trap disappeared. "Dark Magician, take down Mirage Dragon!" Arthur and Julia didn't have a thing to defend themselves, and thus Julia's monster was destroyed. "Didn't see that one coming, did you, Arthur?" asked Lincoln. "You just wait, I'll show you what the true power of my deck is."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 700 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 1800

...To Be Continued...

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Most of the Made-Up Cards have already been used earlier but I'll post them again.

Venus Fly-Trap
Earth / Plant
Effect
5*

"Once per turn during your Main Phase, you can select one face-up monster on the field and destroy it."

ATK 1700 / DEF 2000

Vine Barrier
Trap / Normal

"Negate the attack of one monster that attacks a Plant-Type monster on your side of the field and destroy the attacking monster."

Roots from the Graveyard
Spell / Normal

"Special Summon one Plant-Type monster from your Graveyard in face-up Attack Position on your side of the field."

"I draw!" said Arthur. "Nice. Now, I summon Treebeard (2400/1800). But that's not all. I offer my Treebeard as a tribute to special summon my Forest Ent (2400/1800). He'll increase the attack points of all Plants by 700 points and thanks to my Bright Sun, he is now at 3100 attack! Take down Dark Magician with Forest Breakdown!" The giant ent began to move and raised his hands in the air. Then, he used them to grab Dark Magician from the ground and he threw him in the air. As the Magician hit the ground, he was destroyed and Varick lost 600 Life Points."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 700 / Lincoln 3500 / Varick 1200

"Nice one, Arthur," said Julia. "Thanks."

"My move," said Lincoln. "Very nice. I'm taking you down, Arthur. With this card I just drew, you're going to feel my deck's true wrath. And I bet it's better than yours! I activate Smashing Ground. It takes out the monster with the highest defense, so your Forest Ent will be destroyed!" A fist appeared in the air and it crushed Arthur's monster. "Next, I summon my Rescue Cat (300/100) in attack mode. Next, I activate Last Will. Now, whenever a monster on my field is sent to the Graveyard, I can bring out one other monster with an attack of 1500 or less. Go, Rescue Cat, use your effect." Rescue Cat disappeared from the field and three new monsters appeared. "Say hello to my Milus Radiants (1300/0) and another Rescue Cat (1300/0). Milus Radiant increases the attack of all Earth monsters by 500 at the cost of 400 of their defense points. And to make this even funnier, I'll tribute another Rescue Cat to bring out a third Milus Radiant (1800/0), a Des Wombat (3100/0) and thanks to Last Will, I can also summon Abare Ushioni (2700/0)." This didn't look very well for Arthur and Julia. Lincoln had three 1800-attackers, one 2700-attacker and a 3100-attacked. How could they possible take that out?

"Go, my Milus Radiants, take down all of Arthur Life Points!" The three cat-like creatures ran towards Arthur and jumped. Their claws became visible, but Julia activated her face-down card to protect Arthur. "I activate Hallowed Life Barrier! If I discard one card from my hand, we won't take battle damage for an entire turn. There goes your plan!" A barrier appeared around Arthur and Julia, which nullified the attacks of the three Milus Radiants. "Thank you, Julia." Julia smiled. "You're welcome."

Full of anger, Lincoln ended his turn. The three Milus Radiants and the Abare Ushioni were all destroyed, but that meant that Lincoln could summon four new monsters. "I hope you haven't forgotten my Last Will. I can now summon four new monster from my deck, and I know exactly which ones I'm going to choose. Here come my two Catnipped Kitties (0/500), my Blade Rabbit (400/300) and a Maji-Gire Panda (1000/800). Your turn, Julia."

"I draw!" she said. "Now, I activate my Spell Card Pot of Greed." She drew two more cards and smiled. "Perfect. I activate another Spell, Soul Exchange. It allows me to tribute one of your monsters instead of my own, Lincoln. So now, I can use your Catnipped Kitty as a tribute. But that's not all. I also activate this: Snatch Steal. With it, I can take control of one of your monsters as long as it stays equipped with it. So say goodbye to your Blade Rabbit!" Lincoln watched as two of his monster are being stolen.

"I'm almost finished, Lincoln. Just a little bit longer. I njow activate Pot of Avarice! If I return 5 monsters from my Graveyard to my deck, I can draw 2 more cards." Julia returned her Spear Dragon, Luster Dragon #2, Mirage Dragon and the two other monsters she had discarded with Graceful Charity to her deck and drew 2 more cards. "Excellent, just what I needed. I now activate Golbin Thief. It takes away 500 Life Points of my opponent and gives them to me. And I think I'm going to drain yours, Lincoln." He was scared now. He lost 500 Life Points, while Julia's rose to 1200. And finally, I use both of your monsters as a tribute so that I can bring out my ultimate monster, Dragon of Vulneron 2800/2900)!" A dark-blue dragon appeared on the field. Fire was visible inside his giant mouth, which was full of teeth.

"When he's Tribute Summoned, I can pay 1000 Life Points to take away 2000 of them of one of my opponents. And I choose you, Varick." The dragon opened his mouth and spit all of the fire towards Varick. He lost 2000 Life Points, and since he only had 1200 left, he was defeated. "No, Varick!" screamed Lincoln. The holograms on his field disappeared and he realized he had lost. "Your turn, Arthur, since Varick is no more."

Arthur 4000 / Julia 200 / Lincoln 3000 / Varick 0

"Well done, Julia." But altough Varick had been defeated, Julia had no cards left in her hand, neither did Arthur. "I draw!" he said. "I summon Vampire Orchis (2200/1000) in attack mode. Strike down that Maji-Gire Panda!" All of the red mouths at the end of the branches were shot at Lincoln's monster and it was destroyed in no time. Lincoln lost 1200 Life Points. "You know you can't win this, don't you?" asked Arthur. "We will see about that. I'm up now!"

Arthur 4000 / Julia 200 / Lincoln 1800 / Varick 0

"Now we're talking!" Lincoln looked very happy after he had drawn his card. "I summon Hand of Nepthys (600/600) in attack mode. I can tribute him and another monster to bring out Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys (2400/1600), and that's exactly what I'm going to do right now!" The two monsters on Lincoln's field disappeared and once again, a giant, flaming bird appeared high in the sky. "So what, you might take out Vampire Orchis, but Julia's dragon is way much stronger than your Phoenix," said Arthur. "We'll see about that. I set one card face-down. Now, my Phoenix, take down Vampire Orchis!" The phoenix flew towards Arthur's only monster and took it down with its fire. "Your turn, Julia."

Arthur 3800 / Julia 200 / Lincoln 1800 / Varick 0

"Alright, Dragon of Vulneron, go and strike down that phoenix with your own fires!" Julia's Dragon opened his mouth once again and launched a stream of fire of an intense heat. Even the phoenix was destroyed by it. "How's that Lincoln?" she asked with a big smile. "It's exactly what I hoped you would do. Because now I can activate my face-down card, Rope of Life. When I discard my entire hand, I can bring back a monster that is destroyed in battle and raise its attack by 800 points. So here comes my Phoenix once again!" The Phoenix was revived and it was even stronger than before (3200/1600)! Julia didn't look very happy. "I guess I'll end my turn then. Please take that thing out, Arthur."

Arthur 3800 / Julia 200 / Lincoln 1300 / Varick 0

Arthur drew his card. "I activate Card of Sanctity. Now my Bright Sun will be removed from play, but I can draw 2 more cards." As Arthur drew his card, he got some hope again. "I set a monster in defense mode and that's it."

Lincoln left. "You're going to leave my monster untouched? Thanks." He drew a card. "Phoenix, take down Julia's dragon and finish her off!" Now the phoenix was the one firing a stream of flames at the dragon. The dragon was destroyed and Julia lost 300 Life Points, which meant she was defeated as well. "I'm sorry, Julia. There was nothing I could do," said Arthur. He felt sorry for Julia, but now he could win the duel. "It's alright, Arthur. I know that it was necessary. Just make sure you win this, okay?" "I promise."

Arthur 3800 / Julia 0 / Lincoln 1300 / Varick 0

"Are you two finished with your conversation? I would like to continue this duel. You're up, Arthur."

"You're going down now, Lincoln. I sacrifice my monster, Lord Poison, as a tribute to bring out Flower Dragon (1900/2300). Thanks to its effect, his attack increases by 500 for each Plant on the field. And because he's one himself, he'll be at 2400 attack right away!" Lincoln laughed. "So what? Your monster doesn't come close to the might of my Phoenix!" Now Arthur laughed. "Not yet, but that's why I'll play this Spell Card, Grass Power! It doubles the attack of a Plant on the field for one turn, so now my Flower Dragon has 4800 attack points, which is way higher than your Phoenix' attack! Now, destroy that Phoenix and end this duel!" The green dragon flew up in the air and used its enormous vines to take out the Phoenix, as well as Lincoln himself. "You're down, Lincoln."

Arthur 3800 / Julia 0 / Lincoln 0 / Varick 0

"Well done, Arthur," said Julia. She ran towards him and put her arms around his neck. "Do you think they'll let us join them?" she asked him. "We'll see. I'll ask Lincoln." Arthur walked towards Lincoln. "Nice duel, Lincoln. Well done." Lincoln nodded. You did it very well also, Varick," said Arthur.

"Arthur, Julia," began Lincoln. "You two are one of the greatest duelists I've ever seen. It would be an honor to duel with you. What do you say?" Arthur laughed. "You mean, you would like us to join your team?" asked Julia. "Yes, I do." Varick had also joined the three people. "I think we would have a lot of fun together," he said. "Same here," agreed Julia.

"Well, I take that as a 'yes'," said Lincoln. Arthur and Lincoln shook their hands. Afterwards, he did the same thing with Varick, as did Julia. "I really appreciate the fact that you're willing to take us with you," said Arthur. "I'm sure we will take down that Verthon together." Varick nodded. "Oh, about Verthon," began Julia. "Could you tell us a bit more about him. You see, Arthur and I haven't seen him in real life yet." "Nor have I," said both Varick and Lincoln. "He does everything through Rhydammedy. He's the only one that has ever seen Verthon," said Varick.

"We'll tell you everything we know about him later. Let's find a place to sleep. I think it's best if we get to know each other a bit better first and then we'll continue with Verthon."

Arthur agreed with him. He had found his first two comrades and that made him feel a lot better. Varick was an insider, so he knew a lot about Verthon and his men and Lincoln seemed very brave. Just what they needed...

“Fine, do whatever you want. And while you waste time with that, I will go out and do what Flonne wanted us to do, win,” and with that said, Cid began to walk away from them. Time seemed to have stopped as Cid left the group, but the hustle and bustle of the city flowed all around them.

“We need to stick together,” but Flora’s words fell on deaf ears. Victor knew that no matter how much he despised Cid, he is a good duelist and can take care of himself.

“This whole team thing wasn’t going to work out with him anyway. The members must want to be together for it to work,” Victor said quietly.

“I guess you’re right, but, I just wish he didn’t have to be all by himself,”

“Neither do I, but he can handle himself,” Victor looked back as Cid walked off into the distance. He turned back around and headed in the other direction. Flora stood in her place for a moment, and then headed towards Victor. The “team” was short-lived.

Cid wandered the city, searching for those who also hold the Cards of Strength. Skyscrapers loomed above him, cars drove by, people walking back and forth on the sidewalk, but nothing caught his eye. He decided to heard towards the park in the center of the city, he though maybe he’ll find someone. Cid passed up a few duels along his way, nothing worth his time to watch, mainly just amateurs. But as he came closer to the Park, something finally caught his eye, it was Dana. She was standing on a grassy knoll staring straight at Cid. Cid felt it, a new power coursing through her; he had no doubt that she held her own Cards of Strength. It’s time, he thought to himself.

“I’ve been waiting for you,” said Dana, “it’s about time you showed up.” Cid walked across the street towards her. He stood on another hill across from her.

“So you’re playing for the other side? Ha! If they think you’re good enough to stand against me, then the rest won’t have a chance,” remarked Cid.

“Are we going to duel, or are we going to gab?” retorted Dana.

“Fine, losers first, Dana,” Cid shot back.

Cid: 4000/Dana: 4000

“Sure,” Dana drew her cards from her deck. “I shall I play one monster face down and end my turn.”

“Draw. I summon forth Gagagigo in attack mode (1850/1000)! Now Gagagigo, destroy that face down monster!” commanded Cid. Gagagigo reared up for its attack and struck with a mighty blow.

“Heh, that face down card was Man-Eater Bug,” declared Dana. As she said that, a mound of dirt was pushed out from beneath Gagagigo and Man-Eater Bug sprung forth. It burrowed itself into Gagagigo’s chest and destroyed it.

“Humph, like I didn’t see that coming. I play my Field card, A Legendary Ocean, and I set 1 card face down. I end my turn,” Cid thought he knew what he was up against, but a vast many surprises were in store.

“Not so fast, I activate my Trap, Tornado Wall!” interrupted Cid. “No you can’t do any battle damage to me as long as this card is face up.” A swirling vortex began to surround Cid. Insect Knight tried to attack, but it was deflected by the wall of water. “It seems like you haven’t learned your lesson from last time, rookie.”

“I learned more than you know, Cid. I’ll place 2 cards face down and end my turn.” Dana’s eyes began to show her intentions. She was out for Cid’s soul.

“I’ll draw. Now, I summon, Amphibious Bugroth Mk-3 (1500/1300). Since A Legendary Ocean is on my Field, he gains 200 more ATK and DEF points (1700/1500). And since that Field card is out, I can use him to attack you directly!”

“What?!” Dana was shocked.

“Amphibious Bugroth Mk-3, blast her with Missile Barrage!” shouted Cid. The mechanized monster roared to life and aimed its weapons at Dana. Rockets flared out and began exploding all around her, causing 1700 points of damage.

Cid: 4000/Dana: 2300

Cid hasn’t ended his move yet. He looks down at his cards and wonders if he should set his Torrential Tribute. But he should probably wait to see if Dana can break through his defenses.

He should save it. When she summons Anteatereatingant, she can call priority to destroy it.I hope I didn't spoil anything.

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Lol, well, you can't spoil what's not going to happen. But you were correct in assuming that if he did put it down, Anteatereatingant was coming out. (She does have two face down Spell/Trap cards on the Field ). Gee, wonder what she's going to think of now...*starts writing*

Well, if there's only two guys in this thing right now, I guess I could try it out. I'm not sure if I'm very good, but I can at least try. I'll get back to you guys with my first chapter after I think of something to write.

Hmm. At the third turn, he has ALO on the field and Bugroth. One gagawhatever in the gy. That means he has 4 cards in hand. One is Torrential. Ah well. I guess don’t set it if he has other means of coming back from a big blast in his face. Hopefully he won’t get killed in one turn… But then she has an IK. Since it would be a 2 for 2 in his favor (one monster for two) I’d say set it. Also, Tornado Wall is still up. Hopefully that’ll protect him.
Please don’t let him use Des Frog. Not that Des frog works with ALO anyway… Des frog is too cool and he is too proud for it

“What?! How did you know I had that card? You must be cheating!” Cid immediately swung himself around, trying to find out if anyone was spying on his cards.

“Actually, I didn’t know, but thanks for telling me,” Dana smirked, “You see, my new friend taught me a few tricks. Etona has shown me that dueling isn’t just about cards, it’s about the mind games, too.” Cid was flustered.

“If that’s the only way you can come close to beating me, then try your little head games, they won’t work,” remarked Cid.

“Whatever you say, I draw. Now I send my two face down Spell and Trap cards to the Graveyard, in order to Special Summon, Anteatereatingant (2000/500)!” The ground began to rumble and shake. Behind Dana, the ground split and dirt poured out. A gigantic ant like creature emerged and towered over Dana. Cid never saw a summoning like that before.

“What? You sacrifice Spell and Trap cards to summon that?” asked Cid.

“Oh that’s not all, I can have it destroy one Spell or Trap on the Field. Guess which one is going to bite the dust? Anteatereatingant destroy A Legendary Ocean!” Dana’s voice commanded her new bug into action. A roar let out from her new beast as it began to shine. A ball of light emitted from its body and destroyed the Field card that Cid had. “And now that A Legendary Ocean is gone, so is your Tornado Wall!” The swirling vortex that had protected Cid had vanished. Cid was now exposed. “Don’t worry, my little pet can’t attack if he uses his effect, but I still haven’t summoned yet. Go, Neo Bug (1800/1700)! Now, Insect Soldier, destroy that pathetic Bugroth!” Dana’s voice was now backed with strength and determination. Insect Soldier took one swipe at Amphibious Bugroth and destroyed it, dealing 400 points of damage to Cid. “Now, Neo Bug, attack Cid directly!” Neo Bug raised its claws and slashed at Cid furiously, dealing 1800 points of damage. “I end my turn, good luck trying to fight these guys off.”

Cid: 1800/Dana: 2300

Cid couldn’t believe what has transpired. This can’t possibly happen to me, Cid thought, I can’t lose. Cid looked at his cards and knew that playing Torrential Tribute now would be pointless; she could destroy it with her monster. Unless he puts down some bluff cards, along with it, lessening her chances of picking it out. But still, it would only work if she decided to summon another monster, Cid told himself, and she doesn’t need anymore. It all comes down to this last draw, he knows what he needs. “It’s my move, and I shall draw!” Cid looked at his card, it was not what he needed, but he knew he could make use of it. “I shall set this monster face down in Defense Mode, and end my turn.”

“My, how the mighty have fallen. Hiding behind one card, hmph, you’re not the duelist I thought you were,” mocked Dana.

“Just shut up and duel,” Cid was all business. It comes down to this.

“My draw. Now, Neo Bug, attack that pathetic monster and make way for the rest of my bugs!” Neo bug once again raised its claws and swiped down onto the face down monster.

“Thanks, you just activated Mother Grizzly’s effect. Whenever she is destroyed in battle, I get to Special Summon one Water monster from my Deck to the Field. And I choose Gora Turtle (1100/1100).” A small, slow turtle emerged from the light of the holo-emitters.

“Ha! You pin your hopes on one pathetic turtle?” laughed Dana.

“Not just any turtle, you see, when he’s face up on the Field, monsters with 1900 or more ATK points can not attack,” Cid knew that he just needed some time. But that Neo Bug can take out Gora Turtle no problem.

“Ok then, I’ll set one monster down and end my turn.” Cid wondered why she had to bring up another monster, what was its purpose?

“Then it is my move, and my draw. This is perfect; I once again play my Field card, A Legendary Ocean!” The Field was once again swamped with water. Now, normally, I would need 2 sacrifices to bring out this monster, but with A Legendary Ocean out, this 7 star monster is now only a 6 star monster. So now I sacrifice my Gora Turtle for Levia-Dragon - Daedalus (2600/1500)!” In a gleam of light, Gora Turtle disappeared, and a dark shadow began to emerge beneath the water. The water around them began to become unsettled and waves began to break across. Finally, the sea serpent reared its head out of the water and positioned itself behind Cid, towering over the Field. Cid spoke, “And with the little boost from the Field, he is a little stronger (2800/1700). But that doesn’t matter, because now I use his effect. I offer the ocean to destroy everything on the Field!”

“No, that’s impossible!” exclaimed Dana. Levia-Dragon opened its gaping mouth and started to inhale all the water that was around them until it was dry. Then in one disastrous roar, the water blasted from its mouth and destroyed everything in it path. Dana was completely exposed.

“Now, Levia-Dragon – Daedalus, attack her directly and end this duel!”
No decision this time so:
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Okay. Nice one Seph. Now, about my fic? My brain is fried. It takes me a long time before I can settle on an idea that I think is good. This will take much longer then expected. One problem is that I have trouble coming up with an original idea, and I then have problems making that idea into an interesting fanfic.

Okay. Nice one Seph. Now, about my fic? My brain is fried. It takes me a long time before I can settle on an idea that I think is good. This will take much longer then expected. One problem is that I have trouble coming up with an original idea, and I then have problems making that idea into an interesting fanfic.

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Throw in as many ideas as you can on a piece of paper (brainstorm). Basically, what do you want to see happen, what cards do you want to use, basic characters, etc. Then figure out how it's going to flow. First you need a premise, why is your main character dueling? I don't really do that, I just fly by the seat of my pants, you guys could probably tell. I don't have a pre-set story, hence the whole decision making thing, but that's just to keep my brain thinking. Prepare for the next chapter tomorrow!

Levia Dragon roared and the ground shook. “Behold the power of the Cards of Strength! Levia, waste no time in destroying her!” Levia Dragon towered over Dana and stared down upon her. Its mouth opened wide as it moved in for the final blow. Swiftly it closed in on Dana and struck her down. Dana flew back and fell to the ground, but something was wrong, the holograms were still on. “What? This duel should be over, what happened?” Cid then looked over at the Life Point score, Dana still had 700 left!

“Hahahaha!” Dana got back up and smiled. “Did you forget about my face down monster? It was Skull Mark Lady Bug,” stated Dana.

“So what?” asked Cid.

“Fool, whenever Skull Mark Lady Bug is sent to the Graveyard, I gain 1000 Life Points. This means, I had 3300 LP before you got to attack with your little Sea Serpent.”

“Fine, it doesn’t matter anyway, you can’t possibly hope to stand against my Levia Dragon, and there is nothing you can do. I will end my turn,” declared Cid.

Cid: 1800/Dana: 700

“Your time on this planet is over, Cid. Your soul is mine!” shouted Dana as she drew a card from her deck. Dana smirked and stared at Cid, she knew it was over for him. At the thought of destroying him, she began to laugh.

“What’s your deal, girl? What’s so funny?”

“I’ll show you, I summon, Arsenal Bug in attack mode (1000/1000)!”

“Ha! That is pretty funny, such a weak monster.”

“Oh, but see, when another Insect is out beside him, his stats become 2000/2000,” retorted Dana.

“Still not enough to beat down my Levia, and besides you already summoned,” said Cid.

“Arsenal Bug isn’t the one that’s going to face off against your monster, this monster is,” she raised a card from her Hand and shouted, “I remove two Insect monsters from my Graveyard out of play, to Special Summon Doom Dozer (2800/2600)!” A cloud of dust rose up from behind Dana. Then after a split second, dirt and rocks shot out into the sky and out came Doom Dozer. “And now that there is another Insect on the Field, Arsenal Bug now has 2000 ATK points.”

“No...This can’t be...I...” Cid was at a loss for words. The end stared him in the face, and it was Dana, the little girl who he had mocked, the little girl he had shunned, she was to be his demise.

On the other side of town, Victor and Flora progressed onward, in search of Flonne. Victor looked back at Flora, who still seemed troubled about leaving Cid behind.

“He’s going to be all right,” assured Victor, “He can take care of himself. Cid doesn’t need us watching over him.” Flora didn’t seem to hear Victor. Suddenly, off in the distance, they heard a loud scream. A bright light shot out from the center of town. Victor and Flora looked at each other, and began to run towards the source of the light.

Upon arrival, the battle field had already been cleared, they were already too late. In the middle of the park laid a body. Victor and Flora moved in closer to only find out their worse fear has been realized. There laid Cid, lifeless. Flora knelt down and began to cry. She knew him for only a short while, but she just couldn’t believe that he was gone. Flora’s eyes turned towards Victor, who was also at a loss. This is the first time they witnessed such a thing happen, it was to much for either to bear.

“I thought you said...that he would be ok...” Flora quietly whispered. Victor didn’t know how to react.

Ouch. Cid takes a beating. That's a lesson: when your soul is on the line, set Torrential Tribute always. Especially with only 4000 lps left. Heck, Ameba could win in one turn!

Comfort her and move on
AND THEN:
Tell Her it's time to fight

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You can't choose both, not now. Flora is in a fragile state, her trust in Victor is waivering. What happens now will completely change the story from now on. Be Victor, be observant, and choose one path.

As the Sun shone brightly in Domino City, making everything look joyful, Aaron knew that he was the opposite. The one event he was looking forward to all year, he wasn't alowed go to. Aaron was an orphan from the age of 3 months. His parents died in a terrible car crash on the way to the theatre, while he was being babysitted. This event affected all his life. He never had any friends, he was always lonely at the orphanage. However he always had a straight face, he never gave up, he was very nervous a lot of the time, but he never gave up. Last year he had left the orphanage and lived with an uncle of his, he owned the most popular Card Shop in town. They lived on their own together, but they were happy!

"You know ths deal must go across swiftly! Are plans wll go down the dran if we don't!" screamed a dark shadow from behind the Card Shop. "First the Heir to the Duel King Tournament! Then the world will fall into place!" the dark shadow backed into the shadows, leaving the young man cowering in fear.

Back to the story, Aaron had his head down on the way home from school down Games Corner the most popular Duel Monsters battle place. He saw many duelists all havng duels from their duel disks. They were all old enough to duel in the Duel Tournament, but he was 3 years too young. If only... "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you," apologized Aaron and then he realized who the tall man was. "Yugi Moto, It's such a great honour to finally meet you!" said Aaron in shock. Yugi Moto was Aaron's idol from the age of 5, when he started playing Duel Monsters. He was watching on TV when Yugi defeated Pegasus,Marik Ishtar,Kaiba. He was the best duelist in the world and Aaron wnated to become his heir In the New Duel Kingdom. "No that is fine, I guess you're a duelist here for my Tournament?"asked Yugi standing in all his glory. His hair stood right up shining with his Millenium Puzzle in the bright Sun light. The clothing he's been famous for as amazng as it was on the TV.
"No I'm not old enough, but I really wanted to enter," answered Aaron, feeling more nervous than he ever had.
"Well why don't you enter then, I'll keep it a secret!" whispered Yugi
"Why thank you sir, I'll get my deck right away! This is the kinded thing someone has ever done to me! Thank you! Bye!" said Aaron excited as ever.
"Goodbye, my friend," answered Yugi as Aaron ran into the distance.

Aaron ran and ran, to get closer and closer to getting his deck and dueling for pride and glory... "Oww!" said as he skidded to the floor for the second time.
"I'm so sorry! What can I do to help you," said the tall man sympathetically. He was wearing a white suit, almost blinding. He had whitey blonde hair in a spiked style, that looked as bright as his white shoes. He looked in his late teens. " My names Jo, Jo Price, I'm 17" continued Jo.
"My names Aaron Clark, I was just going to get my deck for the Tournament, I'm so sorry I bumped into you I'm just really excited for the tournament!" answered Aaron catching his breath. Aaron and Jo went on to talk for about 10 minutes until Aaron realized that he had to go. "I'm so sorry, but I really need to get home and get my deck."Aaron saidin the middle of their conversation.
"No that's ok, I'll come with you!" Jo decided. As they ran off down the street, Aaron knew that he might have just made his first friend...

Your Choice
Should Aaron...
Be challenged to a duel by Jo
or
Make there friendship stronger
(If you choose this there will still be a duel but not Aaron vs Jo)

Wings of Igniting Spark
Spell/Continuous
This card can only be played while The Sanctuary in the Sky is in play. Pay 1000 Life Points, as long as this card is face up on the field all damage fairy monsters do to your opponent is doubled.

“I’m...I’m sorry, Flora...” muttered Victor, struggling to find the words to comfort her. He put his hand on her shoulder as tears streamed down her eyes. “We can make this right.”

“How? How can we make THIS right?” Flora fired back pointing at Cid’s motionless body.

“We need to find Flonne, she can tell us. You’ll see, it will be ok,” Victor tried to comfort her. But as Flora’s eyes locked with Victor, it was not comfort she needed right now.

“I can’t do this...I can’t stand here and feel good about myself. You say everything is going to be ok, but as long as we have our cards, we have to fight. And as long as we fight, someone loses their soul!” shouted Flora.

“Flora...” Victor quietly muttered.

“I won’t take part in this, I WON”T!” yelled Flora. She took her deck out of the dueling disk and ran towards the pond. Victor ran after her, but he didn’t catch her in time. He watched as Flora tossed her cards into the pond, some of the flying through the air, scattering across further into the water. A strange calmness washed over them as they watched the cards sink to the bottom. The cards started to lose their shape and began to fall apart in the water. Flora still had tears streaming down her face, but she felt relieved. Relieved that she was no long part of this heinous game, relieved that she wouldn’t cause anymore harm to anyone else. And though she hated to admit it, she was relieved that she no longer has to blindly follow Victor. She turned and saw him, standing a few yards away. They looked at each other for a long time, and then she turned around and walked away. Victor was now alone.

“How could this have happened?” Victor asked himself. He looked once again into the pond; the water had all but destroyed Flora’s cards. Victor knew that at least she was safe, with no way to duel; there was no way for her to lose and lose her soul. Victor once again turned towards Cid’s motionless body. This is no longer the time to be idle, Victor told himself. It’s time to fight, time to take revenge for what has befallen before him. He wondered who it was that dueled Cid. Then he saw her, standing there, watching the whole thing. He couldn’t believe that she had a smile on her face.

“He wasn’t really a match for me,” said Dana. She moved in closer to face Victor. “And you won’t be either.”

“You want to duel, we’ll duel,” said Victor.

“Losers first,” mocked Dana.

“If you insist,” retorted Victor, only drawing 5 cards.

“Hmph, I see how it is. Fine, I’ll humor you,” Dana drew 6 cards from her deck. “I’ll set one monster in defense mode, one card face down, and end my turn.”

“I activate my Trap card, Desert Sunlight! Now all my monsters are flipped face up!” Just then, Winged Sage Falcos flew towards Dana’s monster and destroyed it. But as the shards of the holographic card flew apart, they headed towards Victor. When they converged on him, a small explosion erupted. Victor groaned in pain.

“Hahaha! That was my Atomic Firefly. You see, if you destroy Atomic Firefly while it is face up on the Field, you lose 1000 Life Points.” Victor fell for her trap hook line and sinker.

“I place one card face down, and end my turn,” muttered Victor.

Victor: 3000/Dana: 4000

“Ok then, I draw. I summon Skull Mark Lady Bug to the Field (500/1500). Now I play, Insect Imitation. You see, I take one Insect on my Field and tribute it to Special Summon from my Deck 1 Insect that is 1 level higher than the one I tribute. I choose Millennium Scorpion (2000/1800). Oh and since Ladybug was sent to the Graveyard, I gain 1000 Life Points.”

Victor couldn’t believe how skillfully she’s been playing. It was no wonder she was able to take on Cid.

“Don’t forget Millennium Scorpion’s effect, whenever he destroys a monster, it gains 500 ATK points. Now go, Millennium Scorpion, attack that bird with Pincer Sting Attack!” The scorpion scuttled its way towards Winged Sage Falcos and grabbed it within its claws. Once trapped, Millennium Scorpion stung its prey, causing Victor 300 points of damage. “That seems to be enough, I’ll end my turn.”

Victor: 2700/Dana: 5000

In one turn Dana has nearly doubled Victor’s Life Points. He looked at his cards and tried to plan his next move.

Decision:
Play Harpies' Hunting Ground, and special summon Garuda the Wind Spirit to tribute for Roc from the Valley of Haze
OR
Play Reload and hope for something better

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First option, seph.
And I think you're going a bit fast! The duels are great, but you've killed off the Fire and Water duelists already! Next thing you know an Insect duelist will too! ( )
I dunno, but maybe he could enter a tourny (and a Vyer enters too) and they get swept away in... something...

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First option, seph.
And I think you're going a bit fast! The duels are great, but you've killed off the Fire and Water duelists already! Next thing you know an Insect duelist will too! ( )
I dunno, but maybe he could enter a tourny (and a Vyer enters too) and they get swept away in... something...

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They're not dead per se, lol. But you're right, they have been taken out too fast. Don't worry though, I already have a way to bring them back .

“I draw,” It’s now or never, Victor told himself. “I Special Summon Garuda the Wind Spirit by sending out Winged Sage Falcos from my Graveyard (1600/1200). Now I sacrifice him for my Roc from the Valley of Haze (2400/1400)!”

“Nice try, but he’s still no match.”

“That’s what you think, I play Harpies’ Hunting Ground to increase his ATK by 200 (2600/1400)! Next I will play my Trap Card, Call of the Haunted to bring back my Garuda the Wind Spirit (1800/1200)!” The face down card revealed itself, and a shimmering light emitted from it, revealing Garuda. Dana’s face remained unchanged; her gaze was focused on Vincent. “It’s time to put an end to this, Dana, Roc, take down her Millennium Scorpion!” Roc screeched as it flew in to destroy Dana’s scorpion. Roc slammed in and shattered it, causing 100 points of damage to Dana. “Now, Garuda, attack her directly!” commanded Victor. Garuda swooped in and slashed her with its talons. Dana let out a short scream. “That’ll do it for me, I end my turn.” Victor still had 2 cards left in his Hand.

Victor: 2700/Dana: 3100

“It was a good effort, Victor,” said Dana, “but it won’t be enough to save you, I draw!” Dana now had 4 cards in her Hand. “Say hello to your doom! Prepare to meet an Insect unlike anything you’ve ever seen. I remove from my Graveyard my Atomic Firefly and Millennium Scorpion to bring out...Doom Dozer (2800/2600)!” The ground began to quake and split open. Behind Dana sprouted the enormous, Doom Dozer. It roared ferociously as it stared down upon Victor. “This is the last thing Cid ever saw, and it will be the last thing you ever see...Doom Dozer, destroy his Roc.” Doom Dozer let out a huge roar and drove itself into Roc from the Valley of Haze, causing Victor 200 points of damage. “Now I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Call of the Haunted. Don’t think I don’t know what your Garuda does.” A whirlwind appeared over Victor’s Call of the Haunted and sucked it up, destroying Garuda in the process. Victor was defenseless. “I will end my turn, Victor. Good luck on trying to beat me now,” snickered Dana.

Victor: 2500/Dana: 3100

“I draw my card,” announced Victor. He stared down at his cards, trying to formulate his next move. “I shall play, Reload,” stated Victor.

“Getting desperate?” mocked Dana.

Victor put back 2 cards into his Deck and shuffled. As he drew his cards, he felt that feeling once more; a Card of Strength was drawn. “I shall summon Harpie Girl in attack mode (500/500). And she gets a little boost from the Field card (700/500).” Dana erupted in laughter.

“THAT is your big move. Victor?” Dana began to mock Victor even more as she pointed and laughed at his little Harpie Girl.

“Don’t underestimate her, Dana, she might actually take down your Doom Dozer,” said Victor. Dana once again broke out in laughter. “I shall set one card face down and end my turn.” Victor had no cards left, all his hopes was riding on his little Harpie.

“Oh Victor, you make this too easy. I know you’re waiting for me to attack with my Doom Dozer so you can activate your Trap, what do you take me for, an amateur?” Dana drew her card from her Deck. “Now Victor, allow me to show you how it’s truly done. I set 2 cards face down, and I sacrifice them to Special Summon my Anteatereantigant (2000/500)!” An enormous, ant-like insect appeared next to Doom Dozer. “Now, let me give you a quick run-down on how this is going to work. My Anteatereantigant will destroy your little Trap card, though he won’t get to attack, then my Doom Dozer will simply annihilate your monster and your Life Points. Sure you won’t die, but hey, it’s not like you have anything left to defend you next turn.” Dana’s words cut deep, Victor needed to survive this turn, and he had just the card to do it. “Now, Anteatereantigant, destroy his Trap card!”

“Sorry to interrupt, but I chain, reveal face down card!”

“What?!?”

“You see, this little card is known as Icarus Attack. All I have to do is sacrifice one Winged-Beast type monster from my Field, and I can destroy 2 cards on the Field.” Dana was in disbelief. “I told you she was going to take down your monsters...Go Harpie Girl, destroy them both!” Lightning struck down from the sky and struck Harpie Girl, she began to glow with energy. Harpie Girl then flew up towards the sky, and dove down as fast as she could right in between Dana’s monsters. A huge explosion erupted, and the monsters were gone. “Now were both open, except my turn is coming up.”

“I’ll set one card face down, and end my turn,” frustration began to show on Dana’s face. Her two best monsters were taken out by a little weakling. Her eyes began to fill with hatred and anger towards Victor. He was her next victim, and nothing was going to stop her. But just like Victor, she had no cards left in her Hand.

“I draw my card,” Victor gazed down at his card and couldn’t believe what he drew. “I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn.”

“Then it is my move,” Dana drew her card from her Deck. “I summon Arsenal Bug in attack mode (1000/1000)! Arsenal Bug, take down his monster!” Arsenal Bug began its approach and struck down Victor’s monster.

“Thanks Dana, you just attacked my Morphing Jar! Now we would normally discard our then draw 5 cards, but since we have no Hand cards left, we just get to draw.” Both Victor and Dana drew their cards.

“You know, that helped me, too,” said Dana.

“I know,” replied Victor. Dana was confused by that answer, she was expecting some kind of witty retort, but instead she just that.

“Well, thanks to your Morphing Jar, more options have opened up for me, like this card, Insect Barrier!” A net of light began to form around Dana. It was then that Victor knew what her face down card was. He knew if he tried to attack, it would most likely be pointless. “I end my turn, Victor.”

“It’s time to see what you got, Dana,” said Victor as he drew his card. Looking at his hand, he knew he could try to fight her, but that Trap card is probably DNA Surgery. As soon as he tried to attack, she’ll turn his monsters to bugs, and they won’t be able to penetrate her Insect Barrier. He began to think that he should go the defensive route. But something crept into his head, what if this was a bluff, what if that face down card wasn’t DNA Surgery. But if it wasn’t, what card could it be? Victor began to think hard about his next move.

Victor knew he couldn’t let up for one second, or Dana just might take this duel, and his soul. Looking back at his cards, he started to formulate his strategy.

“I summon Birdface, in attack mode (1600/1600).” And since Harpies’ Hunting Ground was still active, Birdface’s ATK was now 1800. Victor knew it was risky, but it was no time for second guessing, “Birdface, take down her Arsenal Bug!”

“Not so fast, Victor, I activate my Trap card!” announced Dana. It was not DNA Surgery like Victor had suspected; she just wanted him to think it was. “I activate my Elemental Absorber! You see, when I send a monster from my Hand out of play, your monsters with the same attribute as the one I discard can not attack. And I send out my Bombardment Beetle, which happens to be...”

“A Wind-type monster,” Victor interrupted.

“That’s right, my your smart. And as long as this Elemental Absorber is on my Field, your Wind monsters can no longer attack.” Victor’s Deck consisted with nothing but Wind monsters, it was a good strategy.

“I’ll end my turn with a face down,” responded Victor.

“Then I draw. Next I summon Insect Soldiers of the Sky (1000/800). And this guy has a unique ability, you see, when he attacks a Wind monster, like your Birdface, my monster gains 1000 ATK points. Now, Insect Soldiers of the Sky, attack his Birdface!” Birdface was easily destroyed by the oncoming attack, damaging Victor by 200 points. It’s amazing; it’s almost as if she started to build her Deck around Victor’s.

“Don’t forget, now that you destroyed my Birdface, I get a Harpie Lady from my Deck and add her to my hand,” said Victor.

“Too bad she won’t help you, now, Arsenal Bug, attack Victor directly with Bug Barrage!” Arsenal Bug buzzed as it sprang to life and slashed at Victor, taking 2000 LP. “I guess I’ll finish with this face down. Face it Victor, you’re out of options. You only have 300 Life Points left, I have 3100.”

Victor: 300/Dana: 3100

“The only Life Point that matters is my last one. I shall show you, I draw!” Victor drew a card from his deck.

“Oh, and since I know you’re just going to use your Harpie Lady 1 to destroy my Elemental Absorber, I’ll activate this Trap Card right now, DNA Surgery! I bet you were waiting for that one, now, all monsters, are Insects!”

“You wish I only had one Harpie in my Hand,” Victor answered back. Dana was confused. She wondered if Victor had more Harpies in his Hand, why he didn’t use them. But Victor had the perfect strategy to win this duel, but that would mean...he didn’t want to think about it. Dana would have no hesitation in destroying Victor, she wouldn’t think twice, she wouldn’t show any mercy, and yet, Victor couldn’t help but feel that this was wrong. Dana is so young, she was so impressionable, she was probably just manipulated by Etona. Then Victor’s eyes once again came across Cid’s body. Dana did this, not Etona, Dana needs to be stopped. Victor’s eyes then focused on Dana. There must be another way, he thought to himself. He spared Etona, he gave her another chance, why not Dana? No, this is a fight to the end, and she is the enemy, a very young enemy who was shunned and humiliated by Cid and most likely manipulated. It’s time to make a decision Victor told himself, take her down, or do the right thing.

I think Victor should find another way, the girl could really help Victor since he's on his own now. Sorry Ihaven't posted my fic yet but I've had a lot of work to do, I'll post a few chapters on Sunday

“What? Why? I thought you had all your Harpies in your Hand?” Dana was confused. But all in the same they discarded all their cards and drew the same number.

“Now, I discard a card from my Hand to activate my Trap Card, Hysteric Party!” The face down card flipped up and revealed itself, and in a shimmering light, all 3 Harpie Ladies emerged. “Now you know what happens when a Harpie Lady is summoned to my Field while Harpie’s Hunting Ground is up and running, they each get to destroy a Spell or Trap on the Field. And since you have 3 Spell and Trap cards, they all get destroyed!” Dana was stunned; she didn’t know what to do.

“It still isn’t enough to take me down, Victor,” Dana was sure of herself.

“Dana, you made one major oversight, Insect Soldiers of the Sky gains 1000 ATK points when it is attacking, not when it is attacked,” stated Victor. Dana had forgotten that without her defenses that her monsters would not be able to hold against this onslaught. “With all their effects combined and the Field card, each Harpie is now 2400 ATK. Harpie Lady 1, take down that Insect Soldier,” Harpie Lady spread her wings and took to the sky. At her peak, she dove down and crashed into Insect Soldiers of the Sky, causing 1400 damage to Dana. Now that Arsenal Bug was all by itself on the Field, its ATK was dropped to 1000. “Now, my second Harpie Lady 1, take down her Arsenal Bug!” Dana had once again lost 1400 Life Points.

“No...This can’t be true...it can’t be over for me...” Dana was distraught.

“It isn’t, Dana,” responded Victor. “You’re being used. I figured it out once you played Insect Soldiers of the Sky. How you were able to counter my moves, except for the very last one. Etona helped you rebuild your Deck, didn’t she?” How did he know, Dana wondered.

“All Etona did was hand me some cards, I did the rest,” retorted Dana.

“Etona is just using you to get to me. She wants to see how much my Deck has improved. Etona helped put your strategies together, but she hasn’t seen my Icarus Attack or my Hysteric Party. She has seen my Divine Bird - Simurgh however, which is why you played so many Spell and Trap cards, to avoid its effect damage. You had to play three, just in case I summoned a Harpie and destroyed one of them. Your original plan was to just keep destroying my Spells and Traps with your Anteatereantigant and have Doom Dozer over power my Divine Bird. That’s Etona’s style, to overpower her opponent with brute strength. I know, I faced her,” Victor’s words seemed to have broken through to Dana. He can see that she began to realize what was happening, how she was molded just to face Victor. Vulcanus and Cid were just tests of strength, to see if she could even hold herself in a duel, they were just collateral damage to Etona.

“This can’t be,” muttered Dana. Etona wasn’t her friend, she was just using her, but for what?

“Dana, did Etona tell you what cards to expect from me?” asked Victor.

“Yes,” replied Dana.

“That is why the only times you seemed a little bit surprised was when I played Icarus Attack and Hysteric Party. You didn’t know about them,” but something struck Victor as odd. Dana did know about Hysteric Party, she was there when he first used it. “Dana, what else did Etona do to you?” The question confused Dana.

“Nothing, she just helped me create my strategies,”

“Why didn’t you tell her about my Hysteric Party? You were there when I first used it back at the docks.”

“I didn’t talk, she just told me what to do, and I did it,” Victor wasn’t surprised, Etona seems to be quite the manipulator, making other people do her bidding, even if they might know better. “It doesn’t matter now, Victor, one of us has to lose.”

“No, I’m giving you a second chance, just like I did for Etona. But you are far more deserving of it,” said Victor. The Field still stood with Victor having one more Harpie to attack with. Just when he was about to make his move, a figure appeared at the corner of his eye.

“I know what you are trying to do, Victor, and it is very noble of you,” said the familiar voice. Victor instantly recognized it and turned, it was Flonne. “But you have to attack her.”

“Why? I can just let her go and I can...”

“You can what Victor? Protect her? Like you failed to do with Cid, like what you tried to do with Flora? I know you want to save her, but you must trust me, this is the only way to do so.”

“By taking her soul? That’s how I save her?” Victor asked furiously.

“Do you know why am here, Victor? I would not have shown up unless you showed true potential to do what is right and just. You have made the decision to try and save her, even though she is trying to destroy you. You have to trust me, Victor, you can save her, but you must attack her now.” Victor wasn’t sure what to do.

“Please, Victor, do it,” cried Dana. Victor focused on her. “As long as I stand here, I am bound to fight you. As long as I have these cards, I will keep fighting. It may not be with you, but it will be with someone. The only way to release me of this curse, is to defeat me.” Dana’s words hit Victor hard.

“She will get her second chance, Victor, but you must do this.”

“Harpie Lady 1,” Victor began to command. He looked down at his cards, down at Divine Bird – Simurgh. He won’t need it this duel. “Attack Dana directly!” Harpie Lady began to muster her strength and flew in to strike Dana. “I’m sorry, Dana,” muttered Victor, but he was answered with a smile.

“Thank you, Victor,” said Dana as Harpie Lady struck her down. Dana’s Life Points went down to 0, and the holograms dissipated. Dana fell to her knees. In an instant light poured out of her eyes and mouth. The energy began to form into a ball and began to float towards Victor. It was a warm, yellowish light, and it entered Victor. He could feel the warmth spread through his body. His deck then began to glow.

“Victor, you have gained a new Card of Strength, it is blank, but it contains the essence of Dana and those who have fallen to her. This is your key to bring her back,” explained Flonne.

“I don’t understand, how can I bring her back with a card?” asked Victor.

“Take the card from your deck, and concentrate. Release her essence and those who have fallen to her from that card,” instructed Flonne. Victor searched his deck for that card, and began to feel its power. He pulled it from his deck, and began to concentrate. “Victor,” Flonne interrupted, “know that if you do this, you will be giving up that Card of Strength. It may contain the very power to defeat your next opponent.”

“I don’t care,” said Victor, “it isn’t worth a little girl’s life,” As he said that, the card began to dissipate and formed three balls of energy. Each fluttered off, two of which approached Dana and Cid. As the energy entered their bodies, their breathing became more intense, and their eyes opened.

“You have reset them, Victor.”

“Reset?”

“They no longer have a side to fight for. At least until they decide to fight again, then they are able to choose.”

“But their previous ties have been broken, just like Dana wanted,” said Victor.

“Exactly,” responded Flonne.
To be continued...
Sorry no decision this time

Mwahaha. Too good. First 22 chapters and you've killed 3 characters, and revived 2. You've already introduced reviving, which will now happen for some of the story to go... I REALLY think you're rushing it! But I like it, gives me stuff to look forward to when I get on the comp.
Are you accepting Users as characters? j/k...

Mwahaha. Too good. First 22 chapters and you've killed 3 characters, and revived 2. You've already introduced reviving, which will now happen for some of the story to go... I REALLY think you're rushing it! But I like it, gives me stuff to look forward to when I get on the comp.
Are you accepting Users as characters? j/k...

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Heh, yeah, I am kind of rushing it. Sorry, no users as characters, though I am accepting deck ideas, I already have one from Tovler.

“...ugh...what happened?” asked Cid as he rose up from the ground. At the same time, Dana started to get up, too. Cid’s eyes locked onto her, he started to remember what happened. A flash of Dana’s monstrous insect filled his head, its gigantic mouth swallowing Cid. He froze in terror as he stared at Dana.

“It’s ok, she’s back to normal,” assured Victor. Cid turned towards Victor, still in a state of shock. “Don’t worry, Cid, her heart has been purged. She once again has a mind of her own.”

“I’m sorry,” said Dana. She began to walk towards Cid. Such a small child, Cid thought, how was she able to duel with such power and animosity? Dana stood in front of Cid, with her hand out, “I know there isn’t anything I can do that can make up for what I have done, but I just want to let you know that, I am truly sorry,” Cid just stared at her as she stood before him. He didn’t know what to do, he didn’t want to show how afraid of her he truly was, but he just couldn’t muster up the strength to shake her hand. “I understand if you don’t want to accept my apology just yet.”

“Fine, then I don’t,” muttered Cid, looking for any excuse not to shake her hand.

“What happens now?” Victor asked Flonne.

“Dana now has to decide for herself what side she wants to fight for, as well as Cid,” responded Flonne. Cid looked slightly confused.

“I still don’t know what is going on here, what exactly happened?” interrogated Cid. “All I know is that I lost the duel, and everything went blank.”

“Dana stole your essence and fused it with her deck. But I was able to defeat her, taking both your essence and hers. Afterwards, I was able to release your essences and brought you guys back,” explained Victor in a short and concise manner. “But since you both were defeated and your essences were stolen, your ties have been severed. You get to choose which side you want to fight for.”

“Victor, you must know this, Cid wasn’t the only soul Dana was able to steal,” said Flonne.

“I was able to defeat one other person, a man named Vulcanus,” explained Dana.

“So we just helped the other side as well. Then it is a price worth paying if we get both of you guys back,” responded Victor.

“So now, in order for you guys to once again join the battle for our side, you must duel one of us and win,” stated Flonne. Cid once again stared at Dana, such a small child, how could she be capable of such evil?

“I...I must decline,” said Cid.

“What?” Victor was confused.

“This is too much, I can’t deal with this. What if you did decide that you wanted to keep our souls for your own benefit? What would’ve happened then? I boast about how much of a better duelist I am, but yet I was defeated by a mere child. If you decided to leave me here to rot...” Cid couldn’t continue, he only turned and walked away. Victor didn’t know what to say. Even if he did convince Cid to stay, was there a way to bring back the fire that Cid had for dueling?

“Maybe I can help?” A young and familiar voice asked. It was Flora! “I was watching you duel Dana, I was sure that one of you would be gone forever. But then you showed me that through compassion, you can overcome any obstacle.”

“Flonne here helped me out with that, during your duel with Dana she came up to me and handed me this,” Flora showed off her new deck. “She convinced me to accept it, with all new Cards of Strength. Trust me, Victor, I can get Cid back on our side, and give him back his fire for dueling. Besides, I want to see what this new deck can do.”

"Tommy!!" Zain yelled out his brothers name and ran to his side. His brother was laying on the ground in a small, back street alley. It was dark and quiet, even if he screamed as loud as he could, no one would hear him. Tommy had a large hole in his chest, where he had been impaled. Blood poured out of his chest and soon he laid in a large pool of it. He gasped and wheezed for air, but it was no use. Zain placed his hand over the gash, trying to stop the blood from oozing out. His hands were engulfed in the non stop flow of blood, his brother was dying. Tears began to fall from his eyes. "T-Tommy..please dont..."

Zain looked away from his brother and saw a tall man in a black, leather coat. The man was wearing a strange type of duel disk, one like Zain had never seen before. Tommy was wearing the same type of disk. Zain stared at the man, but could not see his face, all he could think to say was, "W-What did you do!?"

The mans voice was dark and deep, he chuckled and said, "We were just having a little duel, thats all."

Zain realized what the man was talking about. He looked down at his brother's body, it was cold and still. He wiped the tears away from his eyes and asked himself, "What did you do, Tommy?!"

2 Days Earlier....

Zain sat in his room, at his desk writing in his notebook, trying to do his homework. He leaned back in his chair. "Man math was boring today...Oh well, I'll finish this tomorrow." He closed the notebook and put his pens in their rightful spots. He then knelled down in the floor and reached under his bed, pulling out his duel monster cards. Walking out of his room, with his deck in his hand, he said to himself, "Tommy will be home soon. I wonder what this 'secret project is that he's been talking about."

Zain walked into the living room and out the front door. Tommy was just now pulling up into the drive way as he walked out. "Hey kiddo." Tommy said, as he stepped out of his car. Tommy had always been really mature, but now he acted like a father toward Zain. It was good for Zain, especially after their parents died in a dreadful car accident a few years ago. Zain alway thought of Tommy as being a technology scientist, which is what he was, really. "Hey, Tommy, I'm going to the card shop with Danny." Tommy nodded and replied, "OK, but I cant drive you, I have a lot of work to do." Zain waved and said, "Thats cool, I don't mind walking." He walked down the sidewalk, putting on his lucky dueling hat.

Tommy walked inside the house, throwing his brief case on the sofa and heading into his work room. In his study room, he had a very high tech computer and a large desk, with a comfortable chair. He sat in the chair and logged into his computer. Soon, he heard the telephone ringing loudly, he ran into the living room and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Hey, Tommy. This is Chris, remember that project we were working on? I think I found a way to make it a reality." Chris said, who was his best friend and co worker.

Tommy seemed hesitate, "I-I don't know..It seems to dangerous, I mean, making duel monsters real?! People could get hurt, I think I'm just going to forget about it."

Chris' voice fell into an angry tone, "No!! I-I can't let you do that.. I mean... I need your research to finish it." His voice seemed almost like an evil entity. He quickly hung up without Tommy being able to reply.

Tommy hung up the phone. "That was weird.. Making duel monsters real..thats crazy.."

The rest of the day passed on like a normal day. The next morning Tommy packed up all of his research and headed for the lab, where he worked. Zain was usually still asleep when Tommy left. Tommy parked in his normal spot and entered the lab, he had to have his I.D. card at all times. Chris walked into the lab next and looked strangely at Tommy. "Hey man, what was up with yesterday?" Tommy asked.

Chris didn't answer, he looked like he hadn't slept for days. There was something very peculiar about Chris today. Tommy grabbed Chris's arm and said, "Hey man, whats wrong with you?"

Chris pulled his arm away and shouted in a deep, dark voice, "Get the hell away from me.." His eyes were dark and cold and his entire personalty had changed. Chris snatched Tommy's brief case, which housed all of his research.

"Fine, take the damn thing. Even if you have the research, you'll never be able to find a power source to make it real.." Tommy said.

Chris laughed and had a sinister look on his face. "Thats what you think.."

That night Tommy had gotten home late. It was Friday, so Zain was out late at the duel monsters tournament at the cad shop. Tommy walked up to the door and found a small note attached to it. He read the note out loud, "Come to the back alley on fifth street, need to show you something important. -Chris" He threw the note down. "This better be good." Tommy got in his car and drove to where the note had told him to go. He pulled up next to the sidewalk and parked. Getting out of his car, he noticed that there absolutely no people around, then he noticed that the game shop was on the other side of the street. "So, everyone's at the weekly tournament."

Zain had just walked out of the shop and noticed his brother walking into the alley. "Where's he going?"

Deep within the alley, Tommy found a man with a long, black coat on. The man's face was covered and he was holding a large case. "Glad you could join me." Said the voice in a dark, evil tone.

Tommy looked closer at the figure and asked, "Chris?"

The man removed the hood and revealed that it was indeed his best friend. Chris looked terrible, his hair was a mess and his eyes were discolored. He opened the case and showed Tommy the duel disks, they were red and black, they had everything, except a life point reader. "Please, have a friendly duel with me."

Tommy shooks his head and said, "Sorry, I don't have my cards, man."

Chris slipped on his duel disk and said, "Ive prepared a deck for you already. Now, please?"

Tommy picked up the disk and put it on. "Well, if you insist..." The disk turned itself on as soon as Tommy put it on. Lights flickered on and the deck began shuffling. "Hey, where are our life points counted at?"

Chris smiled and said, "You'll see them..soon enough."

Both of them drew their cards and prepared for the duel. Tommy looked over his cards and shouted, "Hey, wait a minute, I only have spell cards!!!"

Chris calmly stated, "Don't worry, this is just a test.."

Tommy snickered, "Fine then, I'll just play these two cards facedown.."

"Is it going to stop?!" Tommy yelled, as the monster got closer and closer. The monster raised up its spear up and stabbed Tommy in the shoulder. Tommy stumbled back, holding his shoulder, which was now bleeding. "What the hell!! Chris...how did you..?" Next, a number on his duel disk appeared, it was 3000. The monsters attack points were deducted and it went down to 1500.

Chris began explaining. "The number you see there are your life points, literally. Thats how long the duel disk estimates you'll live. It seems that your life points are abnormally high.."

Tommy let go of his injured arm and drew his next card. "So, you set me up...I don't know whats wrong with you Chris, but I'm going to save you!" Tommy lifted up his hand and activated one of his face down cards. "I activate...Rageki, now all of your monsters on the field are destroyed!" Next, he activated his other face down card, "Now, I activate..Monster Reborn, so give me your Gravekeepers Spear Soldier!!" The monster appeared and Tommy pointed his fingers at Chris and yelled, "Attack!!"

The monster dashed toward Chris and cut his arm, blood ran down his arm, but he didn't even flinch. The number 8000 appeared on his duel disk and then went down to 6500. "Fool, you can't kill me..." Chris said.

"N-No way..." Tommy said, as he covered his wound again.

Chris drew his next card and said, "Perfect..." He activated the card that he had drew and shouted, "I play Change of Heart! So, it seems that my Gravekeepers Spear Soldier is back where it belongs." Chris began laughing and yelled even louder. "Now die!! Attack!!!"

The monster ran toward Tommy again, but this time it had it's spear pointed at his chest. Tommy tried to move, but his legs wouldn't move an inch. The spear hit it's target and passed through his chest and out of his back. The number on Tommy's duel disk went down to zero and the monster and the spear disappeared. Blood poured out of the wound in his chest, as he fell on his back.

"Tommy?!" Zain said, as he came around the corner.

Chris put his hood back on and turned his back.

"Zain..take this...It may be the only thing that can help you.." Tommy said with his final breath. Zain took a strange looking amulet from Tommy's hand and put it in his pocket. He then removed the duel disk from Tommy's arm and he realized that he had to avenge his brother, no matter what.

I have been working on Flora's new deck for my next chapter. These cards don't exist in real life, but Plant cards tend to suck in the actual TCG, so I made up some of my own. I'll post a list of cards and their effects after the chapter is done, so I can keep it a surprise.